The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), the licensed operator of National Interconnected Transmission System under its educational support initiative has supported the Navrongo Senior High School (NAVASCO) in the Upper East Region with the construction of two mechanized boreholes.
The support to NAVASCO was in fulfillment of one of GRIDCo’s Core Values ‘CARE’ demonstrating the company’s commitment to support its stakeholders in its areas of operation.
It was also in line with GRIDCo’s sustainable Corporate Social Responsibility and the United Nations Sustainable Development GOAL 6 which aims to ‘Ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all’.
According to the company, the construction of the Boreholes started in the fourth quarter of 2022 and was completed in the first quarter of 2023.
The construction of the GHS 100,000.00 boreholes for NAVASCO will among other things relieve staff and students of the school of the frequent water challenges experienced especially during the dry season and improve time management of students.
Speaking to management, staff and students of the school at a short ceremony ahead of the commissioning, the Manageress of the Corporate communications of GRIDCo, Dzifa Bampoh said, “In a time where recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is heavily reliant on water access for handwashing, good hygiene and health are essential for preventing infection and diseases thus access to water is a critical part of that.
The company [GRIDCo] is proud to improve the lives of the two thousand and seventy-three (2073) students and one hundred and eighty (180) staff”.
She however urged the school to take good care of the Boreholes so it can be beneficial for the long term.
The school prefect, Simon Nyaaba Anyorka, on behalf of the management, staff and the entire student body thanked GRIDCo for the timely kind gesture.
